Dark Knight- Little bit of rgb is great, to much and your blind :)
by Kevin L Posted on: 10/9/2020
Build Description
I built this gaming build during Corona as I was getting a little bored not being able to play with friends much outside, so me and my dad decided to build me a gaming pc from micro center. That is exactly what we did. I have also used this pc for online school and stuff, (though I am going in person school now). The games I will play on this beast are Satisfactory, Death Stranding, and Fortnight. Even though this is a good pc for 1080p gaming, 1440p is the next level of gaming. When I am not using this pc I put it towards the “Folding@Home” project as I like to help people and using my computer power to help generate info and maybe even a cure for a disease, that makes me feel happy 😀. My pc is sometimes even used by my dad when he needs it for his work and having all of this computing power makes him see a big difference between his work laptop and my gaming desktop. Even though this pc isn't the nicest and doesn’t have all the Rgb, after all this is a budget build and it games perfectly.
Favorite Feature
My favorite feature of the “Dark Night” is the B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC as it has great rgb lighting, good vrm heatsinks, and decent bios for great overclocking support. This pc may not be the prettiest, but it sure does pack a punch when it come to 1080p gaming, getting 60+FPS in any game. I love the blacked out look and the little bit of rgb on the front, it really lets me taste the rgb lighting I could get if I got a more expensive one :).
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Matisse 3.6GHz 6-Core AM4 Boxed Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler
Qty: 1
$150.00
With 6 cores and 12 threads, this will future proof me more than have a cpu with 4 cores and 8 threads as games are becoming more multithreaded :).
MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC AMD AM4 ATX Motherboard
Qty: 1
$127.00
Open box deal for 127$ instead of 160$, great overclocking support, and good mystic lighting makes this a great choice for my build :).
ASUS GeForce GTX 1660 Super TUF Overclocked Dual-Fan 6GB GDDR6 PCIe 3.0 Graphics Card
Qty: 1
$229.99
This is the star of the show and as I am only doing 1080p gaming at the moment, I didn’t need anything extreme :).
G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 PC4-28800 CL18 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit F4-3600C18D-16GVK - Black
Qty: 1
$59.99
To fit this in my budget I couldn’t get the cl18 one which is 15$ more but I just overclocked it to be just as good :).
Lian Li Lancool II Tempered Glass eATX Full Tower Computer Case - White
Qty: 1
$94.99
This case has great looking aesthetics and has 3 fans pre applied which makes it great to keep my components cool :).
PowerSpec 550 Watt 80 Plus Bronze ATX Non-Modular Power Supply
Qty: 1
$54.99
Even though this doesn’t have the longest cables, this is a budget build and it gets the job done :).
Inland Premium 256GB SSD 3D NAND M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive
Qty: 1
$37.99
I have a 1tb external to Toshiba ssd so this is only for the games I play a lot- Satisfactory, Deaths stranding. My 1tb external ssd takes care of the games I don’t play as much Fortnight, Ark :).
Arctic Cooling P12 Fluid Dynamic Bearing 120mm Case Fan
Qty: 2
$17.98
I bought these two budget fans to keep my components even cooler and to get the heat out of my case :).